1、大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 16及答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marke
2、d A, B, C and D. （ A） They didnt care. （ B） They hated it. （ C） They loved it. （ D） They have mixed feelings. （ A） Not enough maintenance. （ B） People didnt care. （ C） A lack of regulations over visitors. （ D） Bad construction. （ A） It was more respected. （ B） It was used by more people. （ C） It was
3、 vandalized by tourists. （ D） It quickly deteriorated again after Lincolns death. （ A） Mid nineteenth century. （ B） Late nineteenth century. （ C） Mid eighteenth century. （ D） Late eighteenth century. （ A） Because Chinese successfully integrated into American. （ B） Because Chop Suey was introduced in
4、to American. （ C） Because Chinese food was modified to suit Americans taste. （ D） Because Chinese cooks made it less spicy. （ A） No one knows. （ B） The Chinese chef used the wrong recipes. （ C） The hungry miners requested a new dish to be served. （ D） A Chinese chef created the dish from the leftove
5、rs for the miners. （ A） Its a low impact activity and no one wants to do it. （ B） It helps us practise the same large muscle group rhythmically. （ C） Its a dangerous and unendurable exercise. （ D） Its not good to the heart. （ A） We can breathe as easily as usual. （ B） We can carry on a short convers
6、ation. （ C） The aerobic curve occurs at the end of the exercises. （ D） The aerobic curve occurs in the middle of the exercises. （ A） To maintain a high heart rate for the longest duration. （ B） To reach and maintain your target heart rate for the entire exercise. （ C） To burn calories as efficiently
7、 as possible. （ D） To maximize your heart rate and get rid of extra fat. （ A） Stop in the middle of the class. （ B） Speed up the pace. （ C） March in place for a while. （ D） Concentrate on exercise. 大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 16答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the e
8、nd of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1 【听力原文】 (16) At first, most Americans didnt think there was anything particularly spe
9、cial about the White House. Few had ever seen it or had any idea what it looked like, and even the families who lived there found it completely inadequate. When it was built, the White House was the largest house in the country and it remained so until after the Civil War. But it served so many diff
10、erent purposes that little of it was available for First Family to actually live in. The first floor, or “State Floor,“ was made up entirely of public rooms; and the presidents offices, which where staffed by as many as 30 employees, took half of the second floor. The First Family had to get by with
11、 the eight or fewer second-floor rooms that were left. (17) By Lincolns time, the situation was intolerable. The White House was open to visitors; office seekers, cranks, and the merely curious had no difficulty making their way upstairs to the official rooms from the first floor. Lincoln was so unc
12、omfortable with the situation that he had a private corridor constructed. He also received a $20,000 appropriation to improve the furnishings of the White House. (18) The new furnishings did not last for more than a few years. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, the White House fell into disarray
13、. No one really supervised the White House during the first five weeks. Mrs. Lincoln laid mourning in her room, and vandals helped themselves. 16. How did Americans feel towards the White House in the beginning? 17.Why was the situation intolerable during Lincolns time? 18.What happened after the Wh
14、ite House was refurbished according to the speaker? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈到，一开始，大部分美国人认为白宫并没有什么特别之处，很少人见过白宫或者知道白宫是什么样子的，也就是说，美国人一开始对白宫并不太在意，故选 A。 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文谈到，在林肯时期，白宫对外开放，各种各样的人都可以很轻易地从一楼的官员室上到楼上去，也就是说没有对参观者进行监管，所以白宫的情况很糟糕，故选 C。 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文谈到，白宫的新装修并没有持续几年，林肯遇刺之后，白宫陷入了混乱，故选 D。 4 【
15、听力原文】 Today, Chinese Americans make up less than 1% of the U.S. population, but roughly a third of all ethnic restaurants in the U.S. Are “Chinese,“ and every supermarket carries a fine of “Chinese“ food. (23) It started with the gold rush of 1849. As thousands of Chinese streamed into California in
16、 search of gold, hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrated to the United States. By 1882, when Congress curtailed Chinese immigration, there were more than 300,000 Chinese nationals living on the West Coast. Most came from Guangdong Province. So most Chinese restaurants served Cantonese-style food.
17、In Cantonese cuisine, very little goes to waste: nearly every part of an animal that can be eaten is used in one dish or another. (24) Chinese cooks, however, quickly learned to modify their dishes to make them more palatable to a wider American audience. The result, a Chinese-American cuisine that
18、looked and tasted Chinese, but was actually invented in the U.S. And was unknown in China. One good example of Chinese-American dish is Chop Suey. No one knows for sure when it was invented, or how it got its name. It likely started in 1850 when a bunch of hungry miners busted their way into a Chine
19、se restaurant late at night and demanded to be fed. (25) The chef just stirred all the table scraps and leftovers he could find into a big mess and served it. The miners loved it. When they asked what it was, the chef replied “Chop Suey“, which means “garbage bits“ in Cantonese. The dish remained vi
20、rtually unheard of in China until after World War II. Today, its advertised as American cuisine. Well, what other contributions have immigrants made to our cuisine? 23. When did Chinese food first catch on in America? 24.Why did Americans come to accept Chinese food? 25.What was the origin of Chop S
21、uey according to the passage? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈到，美国有很多中国餐馆，超市里也卖中国食物，这一切都开始于 1849年的淘金热，故选 A。 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文谈到，中国厨师很快就对中餐进行了改良，迎合更多美国人的口味，故选 C。 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文谈到，厨师将一些剩饭剩菜煮成大杂烩给矿工吃，因而发明了Chop Suey，故选 D。 7 【听力原文】 We think of aerobics as being a high impact activity but actually (19) aero
22、bic exercise by definition means we practice the same large muscle group, rhythmically, for a period of 15 to 20 minutes or longer while maintaining 60-80% of your maximum heart rate. Think of aerobic activity as being long in duration yet low in intensity. (20) You should be able to carry on a shor
23、t conversation while doing aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise conditions the heart and lungs by increasing the oxygen available to the body and by enabling the heart to use oxygen more efficiently. The aerobic curve occurs when you begin exercising, increase your intensity level, hit the high point
24、and gradually decrease your intensity level. (21) The goal when exercising aerobically is to hit your target heart rate and maintain it for the entire exercise session. This works the heart muscle more effectively and burns more calories. You start, hit your target zone, then you maintain your pace
25、until the cool down. As your heart becomes conditioned, you will have to work harder to reach the target zone. (22) If you are too tired to continue exercising in an aerobic class, march in place for a while until you can resume exercising. It is not OK to stop in the middle of an aerobic class beca
26、use your body is sending extra blood to the muscles. Stopping suddenly can lead to muscle cramping and dizziness. 19. What do we know about aerobics from the passage? 20.What will happen when we are doing aerobic exercises? 21.What is the goal of aerobics according to the speaker? 22.What does the speaker suggest we do when we are tired in an aerobic class? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文章开篇就介绍了什么是有氧运动， B与此一致。 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文谈到，在做有氧运动时你应该能够进行短时间的谈话，故选B。 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文谈到，有氧运动的目标就是在运动的全过程保持目标心跳率，故选 B。 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文谈到，如果你在有氧课里太累了以致于无法继续锻炼，那就原地踏步一会儿直到你可以恢复锻炼为止，故选 C。
